Improvement in cabinet-bedsteads



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r 0 M S -Patenied Sep UNITED STATES SANFORD S. BURR, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT |N` CABINET-BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,312, dated September 26, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

` cation, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a vertical section of my invention. l

I am Well aware that countless numbers of secretary or wardrobebedsteads, so called, have for years past been devised and put in use in which a bedbottom and bedding have been concealed within the structure, which is a counterfeit of a given article of household furniture, usually a secretary or wardrobe, the entire or nearly the entire exterior of the structure being monopolized by the bed-bottom and bedding.

My present invention, however, will be found to di'er from those of my predecessors in that I employ a genuine book-case as a structure wherein to contain my bed and bedding, the book-holding space of whichis identical with that of such articles now in general use, with the exception of being somewhat less depth, the use of awovenwire or other very thin mattress enabling me to economize a great portion of the space now required or employed to contain the bed and bedding.

The accompanying drawing represents at A a structure which is an ordinary book-case, with the exception that in rear of its ordinary receptacles for books or other matter it contains a space or chamber, B, for reception of the bedbottom and bedding. This bed-bottom is represented in the drawing, C, as composed of a light rectangular frame, a, spanning which is a woven-wire mattress, b, the frame abeing pivoted at or near its bottom to the lower portion of the structure A in order that it may be lowered into a horizontal position when in use.

The thin character of the wire mattress requires but very little space for its reception, and the book-receivin g inclosure may be curtailed to this extent without detracting from its usefulness or changing its appearance.

The value of my invention will readily manifest itself to all intelligent people.

I claim- As a new article of manufacture, a cabinetbedstead, composed of the book-case A provided with shelves in the usual way, and a space, B, in rear of the shelves, in combination with ,the bedframe a hinged to the lower part of the case, and the wire bedding O, said parts being constructed and arranged in the manner and for the purposes shown and described.

SANFORD S. BURR.

Witnesses:

FRED. CURTIS, EDW. GRIFFITH. 

